# Grok 4.7 vs StarCoder 2 3B

> Grok 4.7 has enough public results to be ranked (#56); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

- Canonical page: https://noometry.com/compare/grok-4-7-vs-starcoder-2-3b
- Last updated: 2026-10-10
- Shared benchmarks: 0

## Summary

- The widest gap is in coding, where Grok 4.7 leads 55.0 to 32.9.
- StarCoder 2 3B has downloadable open weights; the other is API-only.

## Snapshot

| | Grok 4.7 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Provider | xAI | NVIDIA |
| Noometry Index | 46.6 | 35.8 |
| Rank | 56 | — |
| Context | 500K | — |
| Input $/M | $2 | — |
| Output $/M | $6 | — |
| Weights | Proprietary | Open |

## Coding

- Grok 4.7: 55.0 (#23)
- StarCoder 2 3B: 32.9

| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| CursorBench | 46.3% | — |
| LMArena WebDev | 1636 | — |
| FrontierSWE | 29.5% | — |
| SciCode | 57.4% | — |
| LMArena Coding | 1423 | — |
| BigCodeBench Complete | — | 21.4% |
| HumanEval+ | — | 27.4% |

## Reasoning

- Grok 4.7: 40.1 (#49)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| NYT Connections (extended) | 76.8% | — |
| CritPt | 17.7% | — |
| LMArena Hard Prompts | 1409 | — |
| Epoch Capabilities Index | — | 88.01 |
| WinoGrande | — | 57.1% |

## Math

- Grok 4.7: 41.1 (#73)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| ProofBench | 34% | — |
| LMArena Math | 1393 | — |
| GSM8K | — | 21.6% |

## Knowledge

- Grok 4.7: 38.7 (#130)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Expert | 1413 | — |
| ARC (AI2) Challenge | — | 34.2% |
| MMLU | — | 36.6% |

## Multimodal

- Grok 4.7: 28.8 (#107)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| Furniture Assembly | 20.8% | — |

## Multilingual

- Grok 4.7: 51.2 (#108)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Non-English | 1392 | — |
| LMArena Chinese | 1476 | — |
| LMArena Russian | 1396 | — |

## Instruction Following

- Grok 4.7: 74.3 (#98)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Instruction Following | 1406 | — |

## Long Context

- Grok 4.7: 43.2 (#97)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Longer Query | 1416 | — |

## Writing & Preference

- Grok 4.7: 70.1 (#23)
- StarCoder 2 3B: —

| Benchmark | Grok 4.7 | StarCoder 2 3B |
|---|---|---|
| LMArena Text | 1397 | — |
| LMArena Creative Writing | 1391 | — |
| EQ-Bench Creative Writing | 2007 | — |
| LMArena Multi-Turn | 1389 | — |

## FAQ

### Is Grok 4.7 better than StarCoder 2 3B?

Grok 4.7 has enough public results to be ranked (#56); StarCoder 2 3B does not yet, so treat this comparison as directional.

### Is Grok 4.7 or StarCoder 2 3B better for coding?

Grok 4.7 scores higher on coding benchmarks: 55.0 versus 32.9 in the Noometry coding category.

### How many benchmarks do Grok 4.7 and StarCoder 2 3B share?

0 benchmarks have published results for both models. Grok 4.7 has 21 scored results on Noometry and StarCoder 2 3B has 7.